In NomadMania a count of 20 UN countries does not usually provoke surprise or admiration ... but when this is the count of a 22-year old Iranian woman travelling solo for the past 30+ months, then this is a whole different story. Finding her dream after an...
Interviews
Meet the biggest traveller of 2020 so far! Josh K.
We do hope you all regularly visit our Statistics section; if you fill in your profile through 'My Trips' or at least put in your date of travel, you will be counted in the cool statistic 'Nomads with Most visited regions in YEAR'. For 2020, given the current...
Fady Hanna: Exploring the World Against All Odds
Fady Hanna is well known in the traveller community of his native Egypt and for good reason - he has already been to 123 UN countries which is no mean feat considering that his passport offers one of the least travel freedoms in the world. We are very happy to...
Julian K: Traveling the World with his Family
Most of our members travel either alone or as a couple but today we’re catching up with the Kramer family, based in Luxembourg, who do most of their travelling around the world together, father Julian, mother Anna-Marie and two teenagers, Charlotte - who just...
Exploring the Unseen: Ayoub Shares the Untold Travel Tales of Syria, His Unforgettable Homeland
We usually interview people who have been to very many countries, but Ayoub Smadi today is the exact opposite - he has never left his native Syria. Working for one of the major travel agencies in the country, he gives us a feel for the travel experience in his...
Chapati: The World’s Most Adorable Traveler – A Canine Journey Across Borders
We are delighted to be celebrating our 200th issue by interviewing what is surely the most adorable traveller we have had the pleasure to discover! Meet Chapati, the Indian-Ukrainian canine who has been around the world more than your average human... For the...
Youngest Spaniard to Conquer Every UN Country: Alvaro’s Journey
Under our rubric of The Professionals, today we chat with the youngest Spaniard to have visited every UN country. Alvaro Rojas has turned toward making his travels a main source of income, with his Instagram being his livelihood in the past year or so. He tells...
Jaime Alemán: The First Central American to Conquer Every UN Country
66 year-old Jaime Alemán from Panama arrived in Nauru in early March, making it his 193rd UN country. He certainly managed the feat by the skin of his teeth before the world came to a standstill. A former ambassador of his country to the U.S, Jaime becomes not...
Mayom Bul: Founder of Metro Safaris, in South Sudan
South Sudan is the youngest UN country, having achieved full independence less than 9 years ago, in July 2011. It is also one of Africa's most unexplored places, which is partially due to its seemingly endless civil wars, which have hopefully come to an end...
Stephen Rohan: Exploring Unusual Destinations with The Trip Goes On
Stephen is behind the very nicely organised travel site The Trip Goes On and is especially interested is Dark Tourism. Currently living in China, he has explored around 50 countries, some of them among the more unusual ones His interview was taken before the...
Ben Rodriguez Reveals the Charms of Venezuela with Osprey Expeditions
One of the more obscure countries to visit these days is Venezuela, which makes the news for all the wrong reasons. Nevertheless, all is not lost and there is still a small number of visitors to this once extremely popular place; many of them visit thanks to...
Cinthia Kettering Bilingual Travel Blog Inspires Wanderlust
NomadMania doesn't always interview those who have been almost everywhere - we like to showcase all sorts of travellers, especially if they have their own blog. It is a pleasure to introduce Cinthia whose bilingual - in Spanish and English - blog is certainly...